Entertainment / Media - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

a strong collaboration between the Time to Read national program and media and entertainment giant Time Warner, Inc. Time to Read helps local nonprofits such as Chicago's Off the Street Club recruit... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

Carter are celebrating James’ third NBA championship. The duo will soon have to decide on a strategy for their media businesses—their film and television production company SpringHill Entertainment as well... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

their own, everything that is prestigious and beautiful. I cannot but repeat that beauty is our business.” In this photograph, a boy named Francis pretends to lean against a painted image of a wooden entertainment center filled with... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Life Lessons

social enterprise and was an active member of the Entertainment and Media and Social Enterprise clubs. “HBS is a great learning lab,” he says. “You can immediately apply what you learn to the rest of your... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

empirically show that firm operational performance has improved. Finally, we suggest that the lean initiative studied possesses qualities of a Trojan Horse change initiative—its outward manifestation accomplishes the short-term goal (entering the city gates View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2000
News

Getting the Message

advantage of it -- you got everyone in a room, and then you ran an ad." Today, through technologies promised by ad serving firms, "you can go to your customers rather than have them come to you," Deighton adds. DoubleClick's area of expertise involves its ability to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

04 Nov 2020
News

The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

credit: Library of Congress / Dorothea Lange READ MORE Hi, this is Akilah Rogers. I graduated in 2009, companies were rescinding offers, and the only companies that were hiring were investment banking, consulting, and CPG. It was a really... View Details

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

(A): The Rise, 1972–2003 At the end of 2003, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a diversified media group with revenues of $8.9 billion, could claim leadership positions in all three of its main businesses. Clear Channel Broadcasting was... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2014
Case

MCA Matsushita (A)

By: Andrew Wasynczuk and Karen Huang

Keywords: Music Corporation Of America; Matsushita Electric Industra; Negotiation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; Japan

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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

media and in the classroom. Global Entrepreneurship develops strategies for entrepreneurs and investors in these emerging ecosystems around the globe. The course will have cases from 26 different countries on every continent. The course... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

attended his 60th Reunion in June along with 75 classmates and their wives, friends, and grandchildren, offers this upbeat report: "Almost 20 percent of our class attended, including an alumnus who flew in from China. We even entertained... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

Andrew Banks and Royce Yudkoff were considering raising a 5th fund for their media-focused private equity firm, ABRY Partners. ABRY had a strong track record that the co-founders attributed to their group's deep knowledge of the media... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

Despite all this, the online draft will certainly not be the same. Apart from the lost entertainment value—NFL draft fashion has become a much-watched spectacle in recent years—there are concerns about potential technical challenges. The... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

01 Sep 2017
News

The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

have to figure out how do you build a business model. Are media rights going to be the way we monetize? What role do ticket sales have? How do we think about where we host events? How do we think about how to foster talent?” There’s a lot... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

from the Negotiations That Wrested the NFL from CBS By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—A remarkable 1993 negotiation rocked the world of American football with aftershocks that have directly shaped today’s entertainment and View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

management of the Foundation, which is a leading advocate for diversity in the media and entertainment industries. He also manages the allocation of Foundation funds in support of organizations and programs,... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

about the up-and-coming general manager of Nickelodeon Latin America. “I was interested in the entertainment industry and globalization,” Hill recalls. “The article was about the business, not how she led.” So how did “Taran Swan at... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

of the wonders that surround each of us is coupled with Flatt’s candid, empowering reflections on existence and his illness. The CMO’s Social Media Handbook by Peter Friedman (MBA 1983) (LiveWorld) Thirty years of experience informs this... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

or even beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Cent’Anni: The Sinatra Legend at 100 by Richard Muti (MBA 1971) (North Jersey Media Group) This study of the most fascinating entertainer of the 20th century isn’t an... View Details

Career Coach

Vincent Dessain

Vincent (HBS MBA’87) draws on more than 25 years of experience as a higher education senior executive at HBS and INSEAD and in the corporate world both in the US and in Europe to counsel students and alumni as they evaluate, prepare for and pursue their career options.... View Details

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